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Complementary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 5: Complementary colours · Set 468 · 40 questions
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Artist's tip (Look straight across): Pairs: red–green, blue–orange, yellow–purple (each pair = one primary + one secondary). Tertiary pairs: red-orange–blue-green, yellow-orange–blue-purple, yellow-green–red-purple. Side by side they look brighter; mixed as paint they look dull and brownish.

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  1. 1.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) yellow and orange (d) green and red
  2. 2.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) red and purple (b) blue and purple (c) red and orange (d) orange and blue
  4. 4.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow? (a) orange (b) yellow-green (c) red (d) purple
  5. 5.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow-green. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Placed side by side, complementary colours make each other look… (a) duller (b) brighter (c) invisible (d) paler
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue and green (b) orange and blue (c) red and purple (d) green and yellow
  8. 8.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red-purple? (a) yellow-green (b) red-orange (c) orange (d) yellow
  9. 9.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) yellow and purple (b) green and red (c) purple and yellow (d) red and purple
  10. 10.🎯 What is the complementary colour of blue? (a) green (b) blue-purple (c) orange (d) yellow
  11. 11.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red-orange. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow and purple (b) red and orange (c) green and red (d) purple and yellow
  13. 13.True or false: red-orange is the complementary colour of blue-green. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and green (b) green and yellow (c) blue and purple (d) yellow and orange
  15. 15.Where do complementary colours sit on the colour wheel? (a) in the centre (b) side by side (c) next to white (d) opposite each other
  16. 16.True or false: blue-green is the complementary colour of red. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🎯 What is the complementary colour of purple? (a) yellow-green (b) yellow (c) blue-purple (d) purple
  18. 18.🎯 Are yellow and purple a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  19. 19.True or false: green is the complementary colour of blue-purple. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🎯 What is the complementary colour of red? (a) yellow-orange (b) green (c) orange (d) red-orange
  21. 21.In red–green, blue–orange and yellow–purple, each pair has one primary and one… (a) tertiary colour (b) secondary colour (c) neutral colour
  22. 22.🎯 Are purple and yellow a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  23. 23.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and purple (b) orange and blue (c) red and green (d) purple and yellow
  24. 24.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) blue and orange (b) red and green (c) green and yellow (d) purple and yellow
  25. 25.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) purple and yellow (c) green and red (d) red and orange
  26. 26.🎯 What is the complementary colour of yellow-green? (a) red-orange (b) red-purple (c) red (d) purple
  27. 27.🎯 What is the complementary colour of green? (a) red (b) green (c) red-purple (d) yellow
  28. 28.🎯 Are green and yellow a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair
  29. 29.To make an orange fish stand out, which background colour works best? (a) yellow-orange (b) orange (c) blue (d) red-orange
  30. 30.True or false: orange is the complementary colour of orange. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: blue and orange — this is not a complementary pair. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these is not a complementary pair? (a) red and green (b) orange and blue (c) green and red (d) blue and green
  33. 33.Mixing two complementary paints together usually makes a… (a) pure white (b) primary colour (c) dull, brownish colour (d) brighter colour
  34. 34.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) red and orange (b) yellow and orange (c) blue and green (d) purple and yellow
  35. 35.True or false: yellow is the complementary colour of red-purple. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: purple is the complementary colour of yellow. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these is a complementary pair? (a) green and red (b) green and yellow (c) red and orange (d) yellow and orange
  38. 38.🎯 Are blue and green a complementary pair? (a) complementary pair (b) not complementary
  39. 39.True or false: green and red — this is a complementary pair. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🎯 Are red and orange a complementary pair? (a) not complementary (b) complementary pair

Answer key

  1. yellow and orange
  2. False
  3. orange and blue
  4. purple
  5. False
  6. brighter
  7. orange and blue
  8. yellow-green
  9. red and purple
  10. orange
  11. True
  12. red and orange
  13. True
  14. red and green
  15. opposite each other
  16. False
  17. yellow
  18. complementary pair
  19. False
  20. green
  21. secondary colour
  22. complementary pair
  23. red and purple
  24. green and yellow
  25. red and orange
  26. red-purple
  27. red
  28. not complementary
  29. blue
  30. False
  31. False
  32. blue and green
  33. dull, brownish colour
  34. purple and yellow
  35. False
  36. True
  37. green and red
  38. not complementary
  39. True
  40. not complementary

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